tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6719252574677567989.post3206384079574961247..comments2024-03-26T05:22:08.256-04:00Comments on Frontloading HQ: An Election Night Scenario Analysis, Part IIJosh Putnamhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06301836432446874997noreply@blogger.comBlogger5125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6719252574677567989.post-87741508796936192682008-11-04T17:33:00.000-05:002008-11-04T17:33:00.000-05:00Wow, that is amazingly similar.And now I know wher...Wow, that is amazingly similar.<BR/><BR/>And now I know where the "Sarah Lawrence" comes from. Hadn't heard of the school before (to be fair, I hadn't heard of Harvard until around 2007), even if I've been stuck in traffic near there a few times. Apologies if I ever called you Sarah.Jackhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04365194237710177589noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6719252574677567989.post-33612463881099649152008-11-04T17:23:00.000-05:002008-11-04T17:23:00.000-05:00Hey--we even teach on Labor Day. I'm not kidding.A...Hey--we even teach on Labor Day. I'm not kidding.<BR/><BR/>As for my class, it's even weirder than you might think. I'm using the <A HREF="http://www.barnard.edu/reacting/" REL="nofollow">Reacting to the Past</A> pedagogy out of Barnard College for the current part of the term. That pedagogy involved give-week long role-play exercises, and in this case we're doing the Trial of Galileo for an Astronomy class.<BR/><BR/>As it worked out, tonight we're scheduled to elect a new Pope. No, I didn't plan it that way. (And no, my students don't believe it was just coincidence either.)<BR/><BR/>Sarah Lawrence is a very liberal campus, so it's amusing to everyone to have some of my students rooting to a "conservative" victory on Nov. 4. As it turns out, it looks like the conservatives are going to have a very bad night, with a moderate candidate who came out of nowhere (hasn't even been a cardinal for very long) to become the liberal-moderate standard bearer.<BR/><BR/>Of course, after getting elected tonight, he'll have to govern, and the prospect of war looms large, not to mention a fiscal crisis and those always popular hot-button "cultural" issues, like whether the idea that the Earth goes around the Sun is a threat to traditional values.<BR/><BR/>No, I'm not making any of that up. I'm not sure the students have quite noted all the parallels yet...I didn't even really think it all through until I wrote this post!Unknownhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14690577323454357276noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6719252574677567989.post-84805203499155921562008-11-04T16:44:00.000-05:002008-11-04T16:44:00.000-05:00You have to teach today? And miss the election ret...You have to teach today? And miss the election returns? That's horrible.<BR/><BR/>I know most aren't, but my college is closed. Probably because its students are even more apathetic about politics than most so that's the only way to get them to vote.Jackhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04365194237710177589noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6719252574677567989.post-12333375592333578212008-11-04T16:33:00.000-05:002008-11-04T16:33:00.000-05:00If you make these assumptions. And you know what ...If you make these assumptions. And you know what they say about assuming...Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6719252574677567989.post-89458559411112622642008-11-04T16:21:00.000-05:002008-11-04T16:21:00.000-05:00So you're telling me I'd better let the class I te...So you're telling me I'd better let the class I teach from 6:30 - 9:30 out early? :DUnknownhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14690577323454357276noreply@blogger.com